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848 THING movie pressbook R60s Howard Hawks classic horror!

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An Undated (probably 1960s) Re-release Vintage Theater-Used Movie Pressbook (measures 11" x 17"; 4 pages)
Note: Scroll down for the condition, description, and item defects.

Film Description

Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby (produced by Howard Hawks) science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("It creeps... It crawls... It strikes without warning!"; "Science-Fiction at its Blood-Curdling Best"; "From another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie") starring James Arness (best remembered as Marshall Matt Dillon from TV's "Gunsmoke"; in the title role), Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, and Dewy Martin

More About This Item

Note that many of the classic 1950s horror/sci-fi movies were re-released to theaters in the 1960s (but we have not been able to track down the exact year of these re-releases). For these re-releases, four-page pressbooks were made, and they show that posters and stills were available from Donald L. Velde, which was a major distributor of movie paper in the 1960s. Often, these four-page pressbooks are mistakenly sold as first release pressbooks, because they re-print material from the first release, and there is nothing anywhere on them to indicate that they are from re-releases. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of the pressbook, plus an image of any supplements or heralds (if there are any included with this pressbook), but of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are selling (plus any supplements or heralds described above)!

848 THING movie pressbook R60s Howard Hawks classic horror!

Note: "emovieposter" is only on our digital image, NOT on the actual item. Also, we are changing our photography setup! Images with a solid black background are ones that were photographed on our new black metal background. We now hold the posters in place with magnets (so we do not attach the poster to the wall in any way), which are small and round and resemble "push pins", but we assure you they are NOT! If an image has a black background, know that the odd circles in the edges of the item are magnets that hold it in place, and are NOT a defect!

Overall Condition:fine
Notable Defects: The pressbook is in quite nice condition!

Explanation Of What This Condition Grade Means:

This item is in really excellent condition! It has the most minor of imperfections, but has survived in really wonderful condition! Note that we do not use terms like "mint" or "near mint". "Fine" is our highest grade, and it compares favorably to most dealers' "near mint" or "mint". You should look at our "super-sized" image of the actual item, which will confirm just how nice this item is!

More About This Poster Type: Pressbooks were made for every movie since the 1910s through the 1970s. Each is filled with lots of information about the movie that is contained no where else, including pictures of the posters and articles and ads as well, and the cover of the pressbook is often a poster that could be framed. Yet, because many collectors don't know about pressbooks, they often sell for less than the price of a single lobby card from the same movie! Note that pressbooks often contain single sided pages. The page count above refers to the number of SIDES of pages that have printing. If a pressbook has 10 pages with printing on one side each, it would say 10 pages above; if it has 10 pages with printing on both sides each, it would say 20 pages. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESSBOOKS!

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